 Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles fall.  Poems - 第 239 頁William Cowper 著 - 1824完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | 1834 - 504 頁
...the first beams of whose sun melt his servile bonds ; and whose boast and glory it is to say, that ' Slaves cannot breathe in England: if their lungs Receive...; They touch our country, and their shackles fall ;' — . Owing my earliest impressions to such a land, I can have no fellowship with slavery in any... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1830 - 240 頁
...why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. .Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They loach our country. and their shackles fall.* That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 256 頁
...wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. 6 Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lunys Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. Thafs noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 頁
...the slave, And war the bonds, than fasten them on him. We haw no slaves at home — then why abroad 1 And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves can not breathe in England : if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 420 頁
...themselves once ferried o'er the wave 85 That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. Slaves cannot breaths in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that...shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud 40 And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your... | |
 | Charles Williams - 1833 - 284 頁
...all. E. I shall never forget, mamma, those lines of Cowper's you taught me, in which he says — • c Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ;' and where he wishes that they may be so -every where. But I fear we tire you, or else, perhaps,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 頁
...slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him. We have no slaves at home — then why abroad ? And they themselves once ferried o'er the wave That...; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That 's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1835 - 158 頁
...which earth is FILLED. There is no FLESH in man's obdurate heart, — it does not FEEL for man. 485. Slaves cannot BREATHE in England ; if their lungs receive our air, that moment they are FREE. LESSON XXIV. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EMPHASIS. In sentences where several words are to be emphasized,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 206 頁
...abroad ? And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loos'd. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive...country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and hespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it, then, And let it circulate through... | |
 | George Thompson - 1836 - 306 頁
...why abroad 1 And they themselves, once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loose. Slaves cannot breathe in England ! if their lungs...! They touch our country, and their shackles fall ! That 's noble ! and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing : spread it, then, And let... | |
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